Thanks 9fingers! That was a real fine backgrounder on that gal we all adore.
Those looking for an answer at long last to the origin of the names she's christened her bikes, "Basanti" and "Dhanno," will find it there. And here's an excerpt from that referenced classic Bollywood film, "Sholay", with the driver Dhanno escaping from some bandits, apparently after getting heavily into the cooking sherry:
https://youtu.be/R7hOZHTnnWI